Meet authors with connections to South Carolina. Which authors have lived in your city or county?

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South Carolina Authors A-L

Books by South Carolina authors.

• Pat Conroy
  Pat Conroy is a famous South Carolina author who has written many popular books such as The Prince of Tides.
• Pat Conroy Video
  Watch Pat Conroy give a speech and answer questions about his books and writing process.
• Dorothea Benton Frank
  Dorothea Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivan’s Island and has written several novels set in the Lowcountry.
• Vertamae Grosvenor
  Vertamae Grosvenor has written many books, essays, and poems on the Gullah and Geechee way of life.
• Vertamae Grosvenor
  Read a biography of this South Carolina journalist and author.
• Eugene Dubose Heyward
  Read a biography of Dubose Heyward, author of Porgy and the children's book The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes.
• Eugene Dubose Heyward
  Dubose Heyward was a Charleston author who wrote Porgy, which the musical Porgy & Bess was based on.
• John Jakes
  John Jakes is a contemporary novelist that has lived in and written about South Carolina.

South Carolina Authors M-Z

• Carrie Allen McCray
  Meet this African-American South Carolina author who has written poems, books, and a first-person memoir of her life.
• Josephine Lyons Scott Pinckney
  Meet Josephine Pinckney, a SC writer who played a major role in the Charleston Renaissance.
• Archibald Rutledge
  Learn about this famous naturalist writer who was also the first poet laureate of South Carolina.
• Dori Sanders
  Meet Dori Sanders, a peach farmer from York County, who wrote the best-selling book Clover.
• Lily Strickland
  Lily Strickland published many musical works, essays, and paintings influenced by her time spent in Africa and Asia.
• Dorothy Perry Thompson
  Read the biography of this African-American poet and teacher.